MADISON - Chronic wasting disease continues to spread and increase ... It is caused by an abnormal prion, or protein. It belongs to the family of diseases known as transmissible spongiform ...

Prion-like proteins can propagate across species, potentially contributing to disease. Here the gut microbiome was analyzed ...

The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade, and Consumer Protection has confirmed that a Rock County deer farm has tested ...

A long road is ahead for the Rock County deer farm where chronic wasting disease was detected.  Wisconsin State Veterinarian ...

Officials with the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection confirmed on Thursday that a deer at a deer farm in Wisconsin tested positive for ...

New research in Wildlife Monographs provides extensive details into the movement of white-tailed deer, with implications for ...

"However, a human variant of chronic wasting disease has never been documented, and prion disease was excluded in the 11 autopsy cases, which included the 12F10 clone of antiprion protein antibody ...

They’re the misfolded form of the normal (but still very mysterious) prion protein found in our bodies and brains. When a rogue prion comes across its harmless counterpart, it converts the ...

Complicated systems for controlling protein quality The cells of most living organisms, including humans, are in principle tiny little protein factories. New proteins are constantly being produced ...